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BBC News |
11:58pm PST |
Iran threatens to end UN checks |
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Summary: Iran says it will end snap inspections of its nuclear sites if it is referred to the UN Security Council. |
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Yahoo News |
11:57pm PST |
Merkel seeks to regain trust at White House (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel's
criticisms over U.S. treatment of suspected militants may cloud
her attempt to restore trust in German-American relations when
she meets U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday. |
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BBC News |
11:52pm PST |
Strong Christmas sales at Liberty |
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Summary: West End department store Liberty reports strong trading in its Christmas and end-of-year sales. |
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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PST |
Iran Vows to End Cooperation Over Nukes (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Iran threatened Friday to end all cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog if the agency refers it to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions over its controversial nuclear program. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PST |
Radiotherapy delays risking lives |
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Summary: Pressures on radiotherapy units are leading to long waits and may be cutting survival chances, a report says. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PST |
Fears over radiotherapy pressures |
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Summary: Pressures on radiotherapy units are leading to long waits and may be cutting survival chances, a report says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PST |
Sharon to undergo new neurological examination (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a coma since a massive stroke last week, will undergo a futher neurological evaluation, the Jerusalem hospital where he is being treated said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PST |
Iran Vows to End Cooperation With IAEA (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Iran threatened Friday to end all cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog if the agency refers it to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions over its controversial nuclear program. |
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Cnn.com |
11:20pm PST |
U.S. backs Europe over nuclear Iran |
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Summary: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed Germany, France, and Britain in saying Iran should be sent to the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to halt its nuclear activity. |
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PST |
Iran threatens to end nuclear cooperation (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Iran has threatened to end cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog over its nuclear programme if the issue is referred to the UN Security Council. |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PST |
Files on infected blood destroyed |
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Summary: The UK Government admits that nearly all its files on the infection of patients through NHS blood products were destroyed. |
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ChristianToday |
10:55pm PST |
UN May Deploy Mobile Force in Darfur |
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Summary: The secretary general of the United Nations has announced that the United Nations is readying plans to deploy a quickreaction force for Sudan |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PST |
Police probe fire at paper plant |
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Summary: Police launch an investigation into a fire at a paper recycling plant in Portadown, County Armagh. |
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Cnn.com |
10:54pm PST |
Pat Robertson apologizes for Sharon comments |
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Summary: Evangelist Pat Robertson apologized in a Wednesday letter for saying that the major stroke suffered by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was divine retribution for "dividing God's land." |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PST |
Bid to reduce cockling in estuary |
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Summary: Consultation begins on cockling in the Dee estuary with officials hoping to reduce the number of pickers. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PST |
Football: Arsenal Walcott deal |
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Summary: Southampton's 16-year-old striker Theo Walcott is set to join Arsenal, BBC Sport understands. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PST |
German leader seeks to regain trust at White House (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel's
criticisms over U.S. treatment of suspected militants may cloud
her attempt to restore trust in German-American relations when
she meets U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PST |
Lakers Edge Cavaliers 99-98 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant scored six of his 27 points in the final 90 seconds including the go-ahead basket with 8.6 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-98 Thursday night. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34pm PST |
Iran says to end atomic site checks if sent to UN (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Iran said on Friday it would end
voluntary cooperation with the United Nations over its nuclear
program, including snap checks of atomic sites, if Tehran was
referred to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. |
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BBC News |
10:06pm PST |
Hajj crush police 'not to blame' |
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Summary: Saudi officials deny police could have helped prevent the deaths of at least 345 Muslims during the Hajj pilgrimage. |
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Yahoo News |
9:59pm PST |
Iran says to end nuclear site checks if sent to UN (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Iran said on Friday it would end
voluntary cooperation with the United Nations over its nuclear
program, including snap checks of atomic sites, if Tehran was
referred to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. |
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Yahoo News |
9:50pm PST |
Singer Keys Expanding Into Movie, TV (AP) |
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Summary: AP - After conquering the world of music, Alicia Keys is expanding into movie and television production. Keys, 24, and her longtime manager, Jeff Robinson, said Thursday they have formed a company whose first project will be a UPN TV series inspired by Ke |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PST |
L.A. Mayor: City Is the 'Homeless Capital' (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A report released Thursday that provided new details on the region's homeless population prompted Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to call the nation's second-largest city the nation's "capital of homelessness." |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PST |
Journal retracts Hwang research |
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Summary: US journal Science formally retracts two papers by the disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PST |
Science retracts Hwang research |
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Summary: US journal Science formally retracts two papers by the disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk. |
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Cnn.com |
9:16pm PST |
Starbucks 'bomb' was only a flashlight |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
9:12pm PST |
Sharon's stroke blood 'drained' |
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Summary: A scan of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain shows no remnants of bleeding from his stroke, doctors say. |
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Cnn.com |
8:54pm PST |
Alito moves closer to confirmation vote |
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Summary: With four days of sometimes-contentious hearings behind Samuel Alito, only two Senate votes lie between him and a seat on the Supreme Court. The timing of those votes -- one by the Senate Judiciary Committee and another by the full Senate -- remains uncer |
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Yahoo News |
8:52pm PST |
Europe: Iran Nuclear Talks Have Stalled (AP) |
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Summary: AP - European foreign ministers said Thursday that nuclear talks with Iran had reached a dead end after more than two years of acrimonious negotiations and the issue should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. |
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BBC News |
8:40pm PST |
Men on trial for Thailand murder |
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Summary: The trial starts of two men who have pleaded guilty to raping and killing Briton Katherine Horton in Thailand. |
